The US freestyle wresting team was dominant on day one at the Wrestling World Cup in Los Angeles. The US won 15 of the 16 individual matches in a 7-1 win over India and an 8-0 win over Azerbaijan to set up a group deciding showdown with Iran on Sunday.

All of the US wrestlers that competed on Saturday wrestled twice and only Alex Dieringer lost a match. Dieringer lost to India’s Parveen Rana 5-4.

Iran shutout India but struggled against Azerbaijan and held on for a 5-3 victory. The US and Iran met last year in the gold medal match with Iran winning 5-3. Iran has won the last four wrestling world cups and the US has not finished ahead of Iran since 2008 when Iran did not compete in the world cup event.

US Team:
57 kg – Daniel Dennis – 2-0
61 kg – Tony Ramos – 2-0
65 kg – Frank Molinaro – 2-0
70 kg – James Green – 2-0
74 kg – Alex Dieringer – 1-1
86 kg – J’Den Cox – 2-0
97 kg – Kyle Snyder – 2-0
125 kg – Jake Varner – 2-0